To say I found myself victim to a serious cable-hunger this Fall would be an understatement. My design work is kinda littered with them - these gloves being no exception. My head has been filled with root-wrapped accessories and knot-riddled sweaters (what's new, really?). When I think about it, I'm still kinda stunned by how amazing cables really are. I mean... who thought this up in the first place anyway? I don't think I'll ever get sick of playing with them.

When I got to thinking about super cabley gloves, visions of some root-like gauntlets came to mind - like some fancy armor cast-off from a lost and forgotten forest fantasy world. Leave it to my adolescent fantasy-novel-reading past. Again - cables just do that to me.

With the fear of cable seduction and going overboard, I opted for something simple on the palm: enter garter stitch, my longtime companion. This wonderful yarn (Rowan Scottish Tweed DK) was kinda begging for something textural on the palmside. A DK woolen-spun two ply - this stuff is light and oh-so-woolly, with a touch of irregularity that makes it so beautiful. I wouldn't at all mind knitting up a whole sweater out of this one. This is me making a mental note.

The motifs on the hands are mirrored - same cables, just raying out in opposing directions. The choice of individual unique cables along each finger (a decision I may have cursed myself for while charting the pattern...) make this one a bit more involved than say, mittens of the same flavor, but I hope it's worth the extra work, cause they are kinda fun in the end.

There's an I-cord cast-on for these which, if you haven't tried it, you're in or a treat! Definitely on my top 10 list of fun knitting tricks.

The pattern is accompanied with a fancy-pants article which always seems so very twilight zone, but is very flattering nonetheless and I'm absoluely grateful for it!

I hope you enjoy these! And I'm also hoping for the wintry, wool-wearing weather to stick around for a good while so the sweater (glove/mitten/hat/fill in your own blank) drawer can keep its regular rotation.

These are awesome! They look like a pretty quick knit, too... at least compared to Girasole :) Living in Los Angeles probably means I'd never get to wear warm gloves like that, but maybe I'll make some for my friends stuck up in Chicago.

It is artists like you that make Winter worth every slushy puddle stepped in. With each new snow storm, we look forward to the time spent knitting for the next adorable accessory to wear. LOVE your designs! LOVE your photographs! LOVE your blog! You deserve all the praise you get. Thank you.

it would be a bit ironic if you didn't worship winter. and these gloves are magnificent. whole 2008 was spent knitting cables and twisted stitches. and it is amazing. the male non knitter, but quite crafty in other departments, who was the recepient of my na craga is so taken with the layers of knitting forming the cables. and i think it so fun to hear him speak about it, because cabling to me is not one of life's great mysteries, or maybe it is???

Absolutely beautiful. I picked up the Vogue at the grocery and thumbed through it and these popped out at me. I thought to myself "Those look like something Jared would design." Then I saw you picture. Had to buy the mag right then.

Sooooo gorgeous! I saw your preview in PDX, and am looking forward to the magazine. I was sorry they didn't put the gloves in the online VK preview. Nothing else inspired me. But these gloves! Must knit.

Did you use every bit of the called for yarn, or could one (if one were brave enough) make the cuff a smidge longer?

These are absolutely beautiful gloves! Your cable work is exquisite, and unfortunately, seems to be beyond my knitting skills. But we all need something to aspire to, and these gloves are it for me. :)

Once again, I'm totally impressed with your newest design. I looooove reading your blog and viewing all the nice pictures. There is just one thing about you I find really weird: your love for the cold season. Brrrr.... ;-) Congratulations for this pattern: another success I predict!

The gloves are beautiful and have inspired me to make a pair of gloves (I had sworn I would never knit gloves and stick to mittens). As for the article, I love finding out more about designers and it was pretty cool that they referenced Ravelry! I love your patterns and plan on making quite a few of them. Thanks!

I can lurk no more. Your work is over-whelmingly inspiring! For Christmas, I received a cable needle necklace that has changed and inspired my own cabling. (http://www.lesliewind.com/cable.html) I can't wait to try these gloves! Thanks!

I don't usually buy Vogue Knitting but I wanted to read the "fancy-pants" article, so I did. Congratulations. It's wonderful. As usual, your work is beautiful. I recently made Koolhaas for my daughter (almost 15, takes quite a bit to impress)-- a fun knit! She loves it and her friends think it's very "kool". She's been looking at Porom as a possibility for her next hat. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.

I just happened to pick up the latest VK at B&N and these gloves immediately caught my eye. It's been a while (okay, a little over a year) since I last picked up needles but seriously...I'm tempted to try these! And I look forward to discovering more of your designs. Good luck and keep 'em coming! :)

Another amazingly gorgeous creation...absolutely dreamy, just like the Druid mittens. I'm off to pick up VK and will hope that I can tackle these. How about a mitten variation for us novices???Once again, spectacular work--you are an incredible talent!

Beautiful gloves! I bought the magazine as soon as I flipped thru and landed on the photos of them. Maybe my love of cables will overcome my not-love of knitting fingers! I'll just tell myself they're mittens with 5 thumbs, and since it is currently 4degF and snowy outside my window it is definitely the right time for a nice warm pair of gloves!

Dear Jared, I must thank you for your winter worship. I don't mind being inside looking out at the whiteness, but I get so SICK of the endless layering and hassle and bulkiness and boot-clomping and scarf-choking and glove-fumbling and general inability to move that accompanies all attempts to leave the house, not to mention driving dangers, shoveling, ice-slippage, extra travel time, etc etc. I quite forget how pretty it all is, and that I too love knits, really I do. Thanks for reminding me that it is quite normal to love this season, and that many people do. Sincerely, Cheryl

I kind of hope our winter in Oregon sticks around a little longer so I can keep seeing spectacular things like this appear! Wonderful, as always. And I love how you called them gauntlets. Very appropriate for the pattern.

"When I think about it, I'm still kinda stunned by how amazing cables really are. I mean... who thought this up in the first place anyway?"

Made me wonder about it, so I asked the Knitting History forum. The story is really quite amazing:

"Rutt says (p.198) that cabling seems to have come to theislands in 1908 from a couple of residents who spent time in Americaand learned it from a Bavarian woman there -- it's the sort of storyno one would believe if it were fiction, but that actually does seemto be how it happened.

I've heard speculation that cabling may have been invented somewherein the Germanies, but I don't think anyone has done the research tofind out."

and

A) Arran (Scotland) does not knit, traditionally. Aran sweaters come from Inishmaan, Inisheer, and Inishmore in Galway Bay and are twentieth-century commercial products.

B) Stockings from mainland Europe and Scandinavia show cables in 18th century. No idea how early. Nothing on any of the silk vests.

Oh, my, I have stash yarn calling my name for these babies! I don't usually get Vogue Knitting (a serious lack of patterns for larger women) but I will bust into the budget saving to get a copy for these. BEAUTIFUL! Love your love of cables - it always leads to such gorgeous work!

Jared I flipped through the magazine and had to buy it because of THESE cable gloves! I think you should be blushing at all the raves that are being said about you, and well deserved! I live in So. California, where the coldest it gets in the beach area is about 45 degrees...certainly not cold enough to wear gloves but..ooh I might just have to break down and make them anyways! Love it!

I have been scouring the stores for VK Winter 2008/09 and finally got to pick up a copy a few days ago. I am in love with your designs. I have been a lurker on your blog for about a year now. Your photography is a-mazing, your knit designs are intoxicating, and I just think you are pretty neat-o in general! :) I have made the druid mittens, and will buy the girasole pattern today - LOVE that by the way! My best friend has the koolhaas I made for her and loves it. And because of your inspiration, I am trying my hand at the EZ pi shawl. Thank you so much for sharing!

Congratulations on the Vogue Knitting profile. I really enjoyed reading it. Your gloves are exquisite, but so are your hats. I don't think I'll ever get sick of cables, or watchign what you do with them. :-)